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Author Ringenberg, Matthew C

Title The Education of Alice Hamilton : From Fort Wayne to Harvard
Published Newburyport : Indiana University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (166 pages)
Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Brief Educational Biography -- Chapter 1: Prologue: Alice Hamilton Arrives at Harvard -- Chapter 2: Early Informal Education -- Chapter 3: Learning in Transition to Adulthood -- Chapter 4: Medical Schools -- Chapter 5: Learning Self-Confidence at Hull House -- Chapter 6: Investigating the Dangerous Trades -- Chapter 7: The Scientist as Social Scien -- Chapter 8: Epilogue: The Senior as a Public Intellectual -- Chapter 9: A Photographic Memoir -- Endnotes -- Bibliography
Wilma R. Slaight Bibliography of the Writings of Alice Hamilton -- About the Author
Summary "As the founder of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the first woman faculty member of Harvard University, Alice Hamilton will be remembered for her contributions to public health and her remarkable career. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hamilton attended several medical schools reflecting her lifelong dedication to learning. Focusing on the investigation of the health and safety conditions -- or rather lack thereof -- in the nation's factories and mines during the second decade of the twentieth century, her discoveries led to factory and mine level-initiated reforms, and to city, state, and federal reform legislation. It also led to a greater recognition in the nation's universities for formal academic programs in industrial and public health. In 1919 the Harvard officials considered Hamilton the best qualified person in the country to lead their effort in this area. The Education of Alice Hamilton is an inspiring story of a woman dedicated to erudition and helping others" -- Provided by publisher
The Education of Alice Hamilton is an inspiring story of a woman dedicated to erudition and helping others. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.
SUBJECT Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970 fast
Subject Harvard University -- Faculty -- Biography
SUBJECT Harvard University fast
Subject Medicine, Industrial -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Public health -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Toxicologists -- United States -- Biography
Women physicians -- United States -- Biography
Medicine, Industrial
Public health
Toxicologists
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
Women physicians
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Ringenberg, William C
Brain, Joseph D
ISBN 9780253044006
0253044006